Who owns the beach? It depends on state law and tide lines
- Written by: Thomas Ankersen, Legal Skills Professor and Director, Conservation Clinic, University of Florida College of Law, University of Florida
If you want to stroll the shoreline, know your rights. Normanack/Flickr, CC BYAs Americans flock to beaches this summer, their toes are sinking into some of the most hotly contested real estate in the United States.
It wasn’t always this way. Through the mid-20th century, when the U.S. population was smaller and the coast was still something...
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